diff --git a/Device.go b/Device.go
index a4d2a1c..c79d43b 100644
--- a/Device.go
+++ b/Device.go
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ func (dev *Device) GetEndpointByRequestStruct(requestStruct interface{}) (string
 
 // SendSoap POSTs the given body wrapped in a SOAP envelope.
 func (dev Device) SendSoap(endpoint string, xmlRequestBody string) (*http.Response, error) {
-	return dev.SendSoapWithHeader(endpoint, xmlRequestBody, "")
+	return dev.SendSoapWithOptions(endpoint, xmlRequestBody)
 }
 
 // SendSoapWithHeader is SendSoap plus arbitrary inner-Header XML —
@@ -350,11 +350,38 @@ func (dev Device) SendSoap(endpoint string, xmlRequestBody string) (*http.Respon
 // sourced data inside it. Malformed XML returns an error before any
 // request is made.
 func (dev Device) SendSoapWithHeader(endpoint, xmlRequestBody, xmlHeaderContent string) (*http.Response, error) {
+	return dev.SendSoapWithOptions(endpoint, xmlRequestBody, WithHeader(xmlHeaderContent))
+}
+
+// SoapOption tweaks a single SendSoapWithOptions call. New options
+// (per-call timeout, context, custom envelope namespaces, ...) should
+// be added as WithX constructors here rather than as new method
+// variants on Device.
+type SoapOption func(*soapConfig)
+
+type soapConfig struct {
+	headerContent string
+}
+
+// WithHeader adds inner-Header XML to the envelope. See
+// SendSoapWithHeader for the content contract.
+func WithHeader(xml string) SoapOption {
+	return func(c *soapConfig) { c.headerContent = xml }
+}
+
+// SendSoapWithOptions is the workhorse behind SendSoap and
+// SendSoapWithHeader; call it directly when you need to combine
+// options or pass options not surfaced by the convenience wrappers.
+func (dev Device) SendSoapWithOptions(endpoint, xmlRequestBody string, opts ...SoapOption) (*http.Response, error) {
+	var cfg soapConfig
+	for _, o := range opts {
+		o(&cfg)
+	}
 	soap := gosoap.NewEmptySOAP()
 	soap.AddStringBodyContent(xmlRequestBody)
 	soap.AddRootNamespaces(Xlmns)
 	soap.AddAction()
-	if err := addHeaderChildren(&soap, xmlHeaderContent); err != nil {
+	if err := addHeaderChildren(&soap, cfg.headerContent); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if dev.params.Username != "" && dev.params.Password != "" {
diff --git a/Device_test.go b/Device_test.go
index b6c2d5a..7c6d96e 100644
--- a/Device_test.go
+++ b/Device_test.go
@@ -103,6 +103,49 @@ func TestDevice_SendSoapWithHeader_AcceptsMultipleTopLevelChildren(t *testing.T)
 	assert.Contains(t, headerSlice, "Bar")
 }
 
+// SendSoapWithOptions is the variadic shape that future per-call
+// options (timeout, context, ...) will hang off. SendSoap and
+// SendSoapWithHeader stay as thin convenience wrappers so existing
+// callers are not forced to migrate.
+func TestDevice_SendSoapWithOptions_WithHeaderMatchesSendSoapWithHeader(t *testing.T) {
+	const headerXML = `<dom0:SubscriptionId xmlns:dom0="urn:test">42</dom0:SubscriptionId>`
+	const bodyXML = `<tev:PullMessages xmlns:tev="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/events/wsdl"/>`
+
+	var captured string
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		b, _ := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
+		captured = string(b)
+	}))
+	t.Cleanup(srv.Close)
+
+	dev := Device{params: DeviceParams{HttpClient: srv.Client()}}
+	resp, err := dev.SendSoapWithOptions(srv.URL, bodyXML, WithHeader(headerXML))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	if resp != nil && resp.Body != nil {
+		resp.Body.Close()
+	}
+	assert.Contains(t, captured, "SubscriptionId")
+	assert.Contains(t, captured, "42")
+}
+
+func TestDevice_SendSoapWithOptions_NoOptsMatchesSendSoap(t *testing.T) {
+	var captured string
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		b, _ := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
+		captured = string(b)
+	}))
+	t.Cleanup(srv.Close)
+
+	dev := Device{params: DeviceParams{HttpClient: srv.Client()}}
+	resp, err := dev.SendSoapWithOptions(srv.URL, `<tev:Body xmlns:tev="x"/>`)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	if resp != nil && resp.Body != nil {
+		resp.Body.Close()
+	}
+	assert.NotContains(t, captured, "IsReferenceParameter",
+		"no opts should produce a header-less envelope")
+}
+
 // Digest auth fallback path: the camera 401s the first POST and the
 // retry computes a digest. The ref-params header must survive the
 // retry — losing it would silently re-introduce the AXIS regression